Add "disable" to systray?

I let WinXP-SP2 manage my connections.
When I right click on the wireless icon in the Systray, I see options of
"status", and "disable", if the wireless is connected.

If the wireless isn't connected at the moment, I don't see "disable".

I like to disable the wirless when I'm not using it, to conserve power on
the laptop. In order to disable it, I need to open the network
connections, select it, and disable it...

I'd like to see "disable" be available in the context menu, and, for that
matter, get rid of the "repair", which is kind of hazardous in a static IP
environment.


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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I let WinXP-SP2 manage my connections.
> When I right click on the wireless icon in the Systray, I see options of
> "status", and "disable", if the wireless is connected.
>
> If the wireless isn't connected at the moment, I don't see "disable".
>
> I like to disable the wirless when I'm not using it, to conserve power on
> the laptop. In order to disable it, I need to open the network
> connections, select it, and disable it...
>
> I'd like to see "disable" be available in the context menu, and, for that
> matter, get rid of the "repair", which is kind of hazardous in a static IP
> environment.
>

I doubt that what you're talking about can be done and what is there as
selections is it..

Duane

Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

>> I'd like to see "disable" be available in the context menu, and, for that
>> matter, get rid of the "repair", which is kind of hazardous in a static IP

> I doubt that what you're talking about can be done and what is there as
> selections is it..

Prowling around the net, I find lots of things for adding to context menus,
but they don't deal with the Systray.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

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> I like to disable the wirless when I'm not using it, to conserve power on

I couldn't find a way to put it in the systray context.
I made a small bat file, and then put two shortcuts on the desktop, in the
bottom right, so they look like they're in the systray ;-)

<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311272>
provides an executable called DevCon for Device Control.

devcon status * > all_devices.txt
will give a text file with all of the devices and the current status.
Find the name of your WiFi card there... Mine is an SMC2435W.

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400&SUBSYS_8402104C&REV_00\5&250 9CBFA&0&0051F0
Name: SMC2435W 22 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter

devcon status "PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400*"
ensure that this shows only the status from the one device that you want to
affect. (It's interesting what shows up under the same "VEN_" number.)

I made a batch file with one line:
devcon %1 "PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400*"

then I put two shortcuts to the bat file on my desktop, adjusting the
properties so that one has a "target" of the bat file enable,
and another shortcut for disable.
"C:\downloads\DevCon\2435.bat" enable
I even picked clever icons for the two shortcuts ;-)

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

That's usually a function key combo. Mine is FN-F3. Check with your manual.

Bob




<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> I like to disable the wirless when I'm not using it, to conserve power on
>
> I couldn't find a way to put it in the systray context.
> I made a small bat file, and then put two shortcuts on the desktop, in the
> bottom right, so they look like they're in the systray ;-)
>
> <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311272>
> provides an executable called DevCon for Device Control.
>
> devcon status * > all_devices.txt
> will give a text file with all of the devices and the current status.
> Find the name of your WiFi card there... Mine is an SMC2435W.
>
> PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400&SUBSYS_8402104C&REV_00\5&250 9CBFA&0&0051F0
> Name: SMC2435W 22 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter
>
> devcon status "PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400*"
> ensure that this shows only the status from the one device that you want
> to
> affect. (It's interesting what shows up under the same "VEN_" number.)
>
> I made a batch file with one line:
> devcon %1 "PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8400*"
>
> then I put two shortcuts to the bat file on my desktop, adjusting the
> properties so that one has a "target" of the bat file enable,
> and another shortcut for disable.
> "C:\downloads\DevCon\2435.bat" enable
> I even picked clever icons for the two shortcuts ;-)
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> That's usually a function key combo. Mine is FN-F3. Check with your manual.

My laptop comes with a disable button on the side, if it has internal WiFi,
but I don't see any Function-key mentioned in the User's Guide, for the
laptop or the card.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5